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Research published in the past month by scientists with the Voyageurs Wolf Project reveals further insights into how and where wolves in far northern Minnesota hunt for their prey, and how in some cases that hunting can have a profound impact on the region’s forests.
Your point about abandoned ponds is spot on, and that is precisely what we do see in Voyageurs. Most wetlands in the area are not occupied by beavers. For instance, we digitized a little over 7,000 beaver ponds from aerial imagery in our study area, which is about 1,500 square kilometers (excluding large lakes).
A new study by the Voyageurs Wolf Project confirmed that wolves affect how far beavers are willing to stray from water
New research from the Voyageurs Wolf Project shows humans may affect the way wolves hunt deer.
What happens when an apex predator meets — and eats — an ecosystem engineer?